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July 28, 2010 11:43am
Subscribe [2]#1 / Jul 28, 2010 11:43am
How can I display the parent category and child category separately using:
http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/modules/channel/variable_pairs.html#var_categories
I tried using limit=1 which outputs the parent name but how would I then show the child?
Thanks in advance
#2 / Jul 28, 2010 5:35pm
What version and build of EE are you using? Can you show us a little more of your code?
#3 / Jul 29, 2010 5:31am
Hi Ingmar,
Code below - commented on my category areas
<table class="spec">
<tr class="odd">
<td class="table-text-left">
<strong>Make</strong>
</td>
<td class="table-text-right">
{categories limit="1"}<!--This gets the parent category by limiting it to 1-->
{category_name}
{/categories}
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td class="table-text-left">
<strong>Model - {my_kat}</strong>
</td>
<td class="table-text-right">
<!--This is where I need to display the child of the parent as per the above for example if parent is Dodge then the child is Charger-->
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td class="table-text-left">
<strong>Variant</strong>
</td>
<td class="table-text-right">
{variant}
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td class="table-text-left">
<strong>Body Type</strong>
</td>
<td class="table-text-right">
{body_type}
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td class="table-text-left">
<strong>Transmission</strong>
</td>
<td class="table-text-right">
{transmission}
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td class="table-text-left">
<strong>Fuel Type</strong>
</td>
<td class="table-text-right">
{fuel_type}
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td class="table-text-left">
<strong>Colour</strong>
</td>
<td class="table-text-right">
{colour}
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td class="table-text-left">
<strong>Year</strong>
</td>
<td class="table-text-right">
{year}
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td class="table-text-left">
<strong>Mileage</strong>
</td>
<td class="table-text-right">
{mileage} (miles)
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td class="table-text-left">
<strong>Engine Size</strong>
</td>
<td class="table-text-right">
{engine_size}
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td class="table-text-left">
<strong>No. Of Doors</strong>
</td>
<td class="table-text-right">
{doors}
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td class="table-text-left">
<strong>No. Of Owners</strong>
</td>
<td class="table-text-right">
{owners}
</td>
</tr>
</table>#4 / Jul 29, 2010 5:37am
1.6.9 version in use
#5 / Jul 29, 2010 7:21pm
You could use two {categories} pairs, the first with the show parameter excluding children, and the second with the show parameter excluding parents. Does that help?